How to play

Mine. Build. Survive.

No download, no install. Open it in your browser, connect a wallet, and you're in the Trenches. Here's the loop.

The core loop

Six moves, one long climb

Satisfying minute-to-minute even if you never touch the token, all in service of the arc toward the summit.

01Mine
02Craft
03Build
04Venture
05Survive
06Trade
The journey

From the trenches to the summit

Act I: the Trenches
Act I · The Trenches

Survive the low-cap

Spawn brutal and broke. Learn to mine, craft, and build a starter base while ruggers and jeets try to end your run. Mirrors a fresh trader getting chewed up.

Act II: the Climb
Act II · The Climb

Build real infrastructure

New biomes unlock as market cap grows. Hunt one guarded Genesis fragment per region, build wealth, and decide which whales and KOLs to trust.

Act III: the Ascent
Act III · The Ascent

Reforge & ascend

Combine every fragment into the Genesis Block, unlock the summit, survive the final gauntlet, and present the Block to the founder. World complete.

The stakes layer

One life. Death means something.

Default rule: you get one life. But coming back is designed to be fair, never a predatory "pay real money the instant you die" trap. Four levers blend together so the thrill comes from risk, not from wallet drain.

  • Burn-to-revive. Revival burns token you already hold: a sink, not a fresh purchase under duress.
  • Craftable Respawn Totem. A rare item you can earn in-game, guaranteeing a non-paying path back.
  • Capped + cooldown revives. Free revive on a cooldown; token only skips the wait. Hard caps defuse compulsion.
  • Hardcore seasons. True permadeath, for glory and cosmetics, never wallet drain.
A wrecked camp in the Trenches

Drop a wreck, not everything

On death you drop a recoverable wreck at the site. Death is a setback and a recovery mission, not a total wipe.

The cast

Friends, mobs, and mini-bosses

Trencher character portrait Hero

Trencher

Everyman survivor

The grinder you play as, and the tutorial-givers who show new degens the ropes.

Rugger character portrait Villain

Rugger

Recurring antagonist

They scattered the fragments. Recurring threat building toward the Rug King boss.

Jeet character portrait Mob

Jeet

Paper-handed panicker

Weak swarmers that pressure you into dropping loot. Annoying in numbers.

KOL character portrait Quest

KOL

Flashy quest-giver

Hands out quests that pay real buffs, or bait. Read the room before you trust one.

Whale character portrait Mini-boss

Whale

Territorial guardian

Slow, massive, deadly. Stands between you and the rarest biomes and fragments.

Dev character portrait Ally

Dev

Quiet builder

Calm and reliable. Recipes, repairs, and the occasional shipped world update.

Ready?

One life. Make it count.

Open it in your browser, connect a wallet, and drop into the Trenches with everyone else.